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Of interest to teachers around the world - and to those who
are thinking about a teaching career overseas.
Issue No. 8: November 2000
Publisher: Sunbridge Institute of English
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1. A Note from the Publisher $$$$$
2. How Children Learn Naturally
3. Tips for Teachers: The Pink Tongue
4. Applying TESOL in your own business?
5. Lesson Plan - 10 most used words
6. Interesting Web Sites - School for Champions
7. Classified Ads
8. Teaching Positions
9. Subscription Management
10. Contact Information
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1. A Note from the Publisher $$$$$
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Our TESOL course is becoming very popular! It does
not surprise us because it is very good value and is packed
with a truly solid base in ESL methodologies. At the moment,
we have students enrolled in the course in Canada, United
States, Singapore, Thailand, Hong Kong and South Korea.
Do you know someone else who might be interested in taking
our TESOL course? You should consider joining our FREE
affiliate plan. Refer someone to our course and when they
enrol, you get paid! If they then enrol someone, you get
paid again! If they in turn enrol someone else, guess what?
You get paid again - down a total of five levels (where you
are the first). Check out our Affiliate Program through our
web site. Remember - it is absolutely FREE and you do not
have to take out course in order to become an affiliate. All
you need to do is to download a copy of the Agreement Form
from our web site and send it to us. We'll issue you with
an affiliate number and you'll be set to start earning money.
Go to: <http:www.teachesl.org/income.htm>
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2. How Children Learn Naturally
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John Holt, in his book 'How Children Learn', describes
the natural learning style of young children:
"The child is curious. He wants to make sense out of
things, find out how things work, gain competence
and control over himself and his environment, and do
what he can see other people doing. He is open, perceptive,
and experimental. He does not merely observe the world
around him. He does not shut himself off from the strange,
complicated world around him, but tastes it, touches it,
hefts it, bends it, breaks it. To find out how reality works,
he works on it. He is bold. He is not afraid of making
mistakes. And he is patient. He can tolerate an extraordinary
amount of uncertainty, confusion, ignorance, and suspense...
School is not a place that gives much time, or opportunity,
or reward, for this kind of thinking and learning."
- John Holt, How Children Learn (New York: Delacorte
Press, 1983)
John goes on to say...
a. Children are naturally curious and have a built-in desire
to learn first-hand about the world around them.
b. Children know best how to go about learning something.
c. Children need plentiful amounts of quiet time to think.
d. Children are not afraid to admit ignorance and to make
mistakes.
e. Children take joy in the intrinsic values of whatever they
are learning.
f. Children learn best about getting along with other people
through interaction with those of all ages.
g. A child learns best about the world through first-hand
experience.
h. Children need and deserve ample time with their family.
i. Stress interferes with learning.
John Holt has his own web site: <http://www.holtgws.com/>
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3. Tips for Teachers: The Pink Sock
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When teaching students how to pronounce English
sounds, teachers often use the technique of showing
where the tongue is when forming those sounds.
A good way to demonstrate this is by using a pink
sock to represent the tongue. Put your hand inside the
sock and move it the same way the tongue moves while
forming the sounds that you are teaching. This helps
students by providing a visual representation of the
sounds and adds a little fun to your lesson.
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4. Applying TESOL in your own business?
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Are you someone would like to teach English but have
little interest in uprooting and teaching overseas? Are
you ready for an education-related business of your own? Consider setting up a Homestay Program. Homestay is
very popular among Asian people and those from other
countries. With a homestay program, students 'stay' with
an English family for a period of time - usually 2-4 weeks.
They live, eat and sleep English on a 24/7 basis. Often,
these programs include classroom lessons, outside fun
activities and excursions into the surrounding area.
For more on how homestays work, go to any Internet search engine and search for 'homestay' or 'homestay program'. You will quickly see how popular they are. They can be very lucrative and a lot of fun as well if you are willing to be a
tour guide, teacher, and facility arranger all rolled into one!
You would need a good base in teaching English, however,
and our TESOL course can provide that knowledge.
Here is one Canadian Homestay Program in Victoria, B.C.
with lots of information:
<http://www.homestay.com/html/homestay.html>
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5. Lesson Plan - Most used Words
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You may not realize it but only 8 words make up
33% of the commonly used words in most spoken
conversations or written articles.
Exercise: Give your students articles from a newspaper
or magazine. The article should be around 400 words.
It doesn’t matter what the topics are. In fact, the more
varied, the better as it drives home the point. Have them
work in small teams, circle the following words from their
article, then count up how many times the words appear
in the article and what percent it represents of the total
number of words.
1. the
2. of
3. and
4. to
5. a
6. in
7. that
8. is
They should come out approximately like this:
1. the - 6%
2. of - 5.5%
3. and - 5%
4. to - 4.5%
5. a/an - 3.75%
6. in - 3.25%
7. that - 2.75%
8. is - 2.75%
TOTAL 33%
In other words, students who know these 8 words
will already know one third of almost every
conversation in which hey will participate!
Note: 'he' and 'was' are the next most used words.
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6. Interesting Web Sites - School for Champions
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The School for Champions is an e-Learning site that provides free online lessons, character-building messages, and techniques to excel in school, work and life. You pay for the lessons by becoming successful and by helping others.
Teachers and students from over 100 colleges, high schools and middle schools throughout the world use the School for Champions. Workers and management in a large number of companies also use it. As of September 2000, about 19,000 users access the lessons each month. That's up from 15,000 from the previous months
Check them out at <http://www.school-for-champions.com>
Know of any other interesting sites? Email them to us at <[email protected]>. We'll check them out and share them in future issues.
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7. Classified Ads
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Our distance learning courses mean that you can complete the course wherever you are in the world - and at your own pace. We are constantly making changes to our site to make it better for you. Why not bookmark it so you can check it regularly? http://www.teachesl.org
The Canadian School of Management offers pre-graduate, graduate and post-graduate level diploma programs. Graduates of the Sunbridge TESOL course can apply their certificate towards a graduate level course.
Web site: http://www.c-s-m.org
Contact: [email protected]
Berne University offers distance learning degree programs. Graduates of the Sunbridge TESOL course can apply their course as the prerequisite TESL qualification needed for the Berne University Master of Education or Master of Arts in Education Degree.
Web site: http://www.berne.edu
Email:[email protected]
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8. Teaching Positions - South Korea
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Are you interested in teaching in South Korea? There is a continuing shortage of ESL teachers in South Korea and thousands of jobs available. Dave's ESL Cafe (www.eslcafe.com) has so many Korean job openings that they devote a separate page to them.
There are also good forums on the Net where you can read about experiences of teachers (both good and bad). The Korean government has a special program and your nearest Korean Embassy/Consulate will be able to supply you with the proper forms to apply.
To qualify for a visa as a teacher in South Korea, you should have a four-year university degree plus a TESOL certificate. You may be able to qualify if you have a two-year college diploma and a TESOL certificate (such as ours!). A TESOL certificate by itself is not sufficient to qualify for a visa.
You do not have to take your original diplomas and certificates to Korea with you but must provide certified copies bearing the stamp of the Korean Embassy/Consulate in your area.
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10. Contact Information
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Sunbridge Institute of English
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Toronto, ON Canada M5E 1Z2
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